melin

dear

melin adj. "dear" (MEL)

malina

yellow

malina adj. "yellow" (SMAL, Letters:308), "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51). Malinalda *"Yellow-tree", a name of Laurelin (SA:mal-; evidently malina + alda), translated "Tree of Gold" in the Silmarillion index. Cf. also malinornë.

mel-

love (as friend)

mel- vb. "love (as friend)" (MEL). Melinyes or melin sé "I love him" (VT49:21). LR:70 has melánë"I love", a doubtful form in Tolkien's later Quenya (melin occurs in later material).

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ✶melā- “to love”
  • √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• Q. mélamar “(emotional) home”
• Q. melima “loving, very affectionate, [ᴹQ.] loveable, fair; [Q.] loving, very affectionate”
• ᴺQ. melinólë “philosophy”
• Q. melin sé apa lanyë hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• Q. melinyes apa la hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• ᴺQ. mellaman “pet, (lit.) love-animal”

luina

pale

[luina] adj. "pale" (VT45:30)

melda

adjective. dear, beloved, beloved, dear, [ᴹQ.] sweet

Cognates

• S. mell “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/041

Derivations

• ✶melnā “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/041; PE17/056
  • √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)” ✧ PE17/041

Element in

• Q. A anamelda na ar ilyan “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/057
• Q. A anamelda na epë B “A is dear before B” ✧ PE17/057
• Q. A anamelda na ep’ ilya “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/057
• Q. A arimelda na epe B “A is (very much) [dearer] than B” ✧ PE17/056 (A arimelda na epe B)
• Q. A arimelda na ilyaron “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/056
• Q. nessamelda “species of tree in Númenor, (lit.) beloved of Nessa”
• Q. vanimelda “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” ✧ PE17/056; PE17/057

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶melnā > meldā > melda	[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]	✧ PE17/041
✶mel-nā > melda	[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]	✧ PE17/056

malda

yellow, of golden colour

malda adj. "yellow, of golden colour" (PE17:51), variant of malina. An earlier source (the Etymologies, entry SMAL) has malda as the noun "gold" but LotR gives malta, q.v., and according to VT46:14 the form malta originally appeared in the Etymologies as well. Since Quenya sometimes uses adjectives as nouns (see for instance fanya), malda could still be regarded as a valid side-form of the noun malta "gold".

tulca

yellow

tulca (3) ("k") adj. "yellow". Adopted and adapted from Valarin; the normal Quenya word for "yellow" is rather malina (WJ:399)

sonda

dear, fond

[sonda adj. "dear, fond" (VT46:15)]

-ne

i love

#-ne (4) "I", a 1st person pronominal suffix occurring in the word melánë "I love" (LR:61), but Tolkien later used -n or -nyë for this meaning (melin "I love", VT49:21). It may be that Tolkien at one point considered ne (or nye, inyë) as an independent emphatic pronoun "I", but this was struck out (VT49:49).

isca

pale

isca ("k") adj."pale" (LT1:256)

nívë

pale

nívë adj."pale" (MC:213; this is "Qenya" Tolkien's later Quenya has néca)

marya

pale, fallow, fawn

marya adj. "pale, fallow, fawn" (MAD)

néca

pale, vague, faint, dim to see

néca ("k") adj "pale, vague, faint, dim to see", pl. nécë ("k") in Markirya

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• S. Meldis “?Beloved Bride”
• ᴺS. mellavan “pet, (lit.) love-animal”
• S. melui “lovely, sweet”
• ᴺS. orvel- “to favour, *(lit.) love above”
• S. úvelui “not amiable, unloveable” ✧ PE17/145

mell

adjective. dear

_ adj. _dear, beloved. Q. melda.

mell

adjective. dear, beloved

Cognates

• Q. melda “dear, beloved, beloved, dear, [ᴹQ.] sweet” ✧ PE17/041

Derivations

• ✶melnā “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/041
  • √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)” ✧ PE17/041

Element in

• S. Melian “Dear Gift”
• S. mellon “friend” ✧ PE17/041

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶melnā > mell	[melnā] > [mellā] > [mella] > [mell]	✧ PE17/041

nimp

adjective. pale

adj. pale, pallid. nimp << nim (PE17:168). >> niphred

malen

yellow

malen (lenited valen; pl. melin).

malen

yellow

(lenited valen; pl. melin).

elu

pale blue

(analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?).

gael

pale

(glittering), lenited ’ael; no distinct pl. form.

mail

dear

mail (lenited vail, pl. mîl), also mell (lenited vell; pl. mill), also muin (lenited vuin; no distinct pl. form)

mail

dear

(lenited vail, pl. mîl), also mell (lenited vell; pl. mill), also muin (lenited vuin; no distinct pl. form)

malu

pale

(lenited valu; analogical pl. mely; lenited valu) (fallow). Cited in archaic form malw (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

mith

pale grey

(lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.

gwind

pale blue

(lenited ’wind; no distinct pl. form).

maidh

pale

1) maidh (lenited vaidh; no distinct pl. form) (fallow, fawn), 2) nimp (nim-) (white); no distinct pl. form, 3) thind (grey); no distinct pl. form; 4) gael (glittering), lenited ael; no distinct pl. form. 5) *malu (lenited valu; analogical pl. mely; lenited valu) (fallow). Cited in archaic form malw (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

maidh

pale

(lenited vaidh; no distinct pl. form) (fallow, fawn)

mâl

yellow powder

(i vâl; construct mal) (pollen), pl. mail or archaic mely (i mail, i mely). Older pl. meil (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

thind

pale

(grey); no distinct pl. form

baran

yellow brown

(swart, dark brown, golden-brown), pl. berain.

nimp

pale

(nim-) (white); no distinct pl. form

tulka

adjective. yellow

Derivations

• Val. tuluk-ha(n) “yellow” ✧ WJ/399

lygn

adjective. pale

Primitive form given as lugni "blue", sc. the stem LUG1 (LR:370, not defined) with an ending -ni not otherwise attested, though -i is an ending found on many primitive colour-adjectives. The ending _-i _causes umlaut u > y; compare yrc as the plural of urc "Orc". That a short original final -i is capable of causing such an umlaut at the Common Eldarin stage is somewhat surprising, since Primitive Quendian lugni should have become *lugne at this stage, and final e would hardly cause umlaut. Perhaps we are to understand that the change of final i to Common Eldarin e happened relatively late, after the Eldar had crossed the Hihtaeglir and parted with the Nandor?

melnā

noun. dear, beloved

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)” ✧ PE17/041

Derivatives

• Q. melda “dear, beloved, beloved, dear, [ᴹQ.] sweet” ✧ PE17/041; PE17/056
• S. mell “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/041

Variations

• mel-nā ✧ PE17/056

melā-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Derivatives

• Q. mel- “to love”

Variations

• melā ✧ PE22/130; PE22/134; PE22/134

mell

adjective. dear

mell

adjective. dear

Cognates

• ᴹQ. melda “beloved, dear, sweet” ✧ Ety/MEL

Derivations

• ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Element in

• N. mellon “friend” ✧ Ety/MEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MEL > mell	[meldā] > [melda] > [melða] > [melð] > [mell]	✧ Ety/MEL

muin

adjective. dear

muin

adjective. dear

Cognates

• ᴹQ. moina “familiar, dear” ✧ Ety/MOY

Derivations

• On. muina “dear” ✧ Ety/MOY
  • ✶moina
  • ᴹ√MOY “dear, dear; [ᴱ√] *soft, gentle” ✧ Ety/MUY
  • ᴹ√MOY “dear, dear; [ᴱ√] *soft, gentle” ✧ Ety/MOY
• ᴹ√MOY “dear, dear; [ᴱ√] *soft, gentle” ✧ Ety/THEL; Ety/TOR

Element in

• N. muinthel “sister” ✧ Ety/THEL
• N. muindor “brother” ✧ Ety/TOR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. muina > muin	[muina] > [muin]	✧ Ety/MOY

Variations

• muin ✧ Ety/MOY; Ety/THEL; Ety/TOR

malen

adjective. yellow

malen

adjective. yellow, yellow, [ᴱN.] yellowish, pale, wan, sickly

Cognates

• ᴹQ. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Derivations

• On. malina “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ✶smalinā “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL
  • ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/SMAL

Element in

• ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
• ᴺS. melingarn “orange, tawny”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. malina > malen	[m̥alina] > [m̥alena] > [m̥alen] > [malen]	✧ Ety/SMAL
On. malina > melin	[m̥alini] > [m̥elini] > [m̥elin] > [melin]	✧ Ety/SMAL

meidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

mela-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ EtyAC/MEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MEL > melo	[mel-]	✧ EtyAC/MEL

gael

adjective. pale, glimmering

maidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

nim-

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ninqe “white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Derivations

• ᴹ√NIK(W) “*snow; white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Element in

• N. Ered Nimras “White Mountains”
• N. Ered Nimrath “White Mountains”
• N. Ephel Nimrais
• N. Nimbrethil
• N. Nimloth “Pale Blossom”
• N. nimmid(a)- “to whiten” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
• N. Nimdil “White Horn”
• N. nínim “snowdrop”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NIK-W > nimp	[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe] > [nimpe] > [nimpʰe] > [nimɸe] > [nimfe] > [nimf] > [nimp] > [nimp]	✧ Ety/NIK-W